Our Correspondent

Sundernagar, November 3

President of the Honorary Commissioned Officers’ Welfare Association Jagdish Verma accused the Central Government of not implementing the ‘One Rank, One Pension’ scheme as per the Koshiyari Parliamentary Committee recommendations. He said the government had cheated more than 30 lakh ex-servicemen.He said the non-implementation of Koshiyari Committee recommendations had forced ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal to take the extreme step.He criticised the manhandling of the son of the deceased by the police. “The Prime Minister, Defence Minister and the Finance Minister are responsible for the suicide. They have been twisting, diluting and delaying the benefits to the ex-servicemen,” he said.“Arrears released by the government were held up by banks unreasonably. The association has taken up several cases of the ex-servicemen and got their dues released with 8 per cent interest. There are many if and buts as far as the OROP implementation is concerned,” Verma said.The salaries of MPs and MLAs were hiked in a jiffy, but when it came to extending to the ex-servicemen, things fell apart. “These are those people who served the nation and guarded the frontiers so that others could sleep in peace,” he said.